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@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 days ago

Jury says Google must pay California Android smartphone users $314.6m

www.theguardian.com

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Jury says Google must pay California Android smartphone users $314.6m

www.theguardian.com

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  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮
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    82•2 days ago

    Can’t wait to get my fifty-two cents!

    • @JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Even if it were split evenly across the estimated 14m residents, it only comes to a grand total of $22.47

      • @Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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        32•2 days ago

        After correcting for how many of those are cellphone users, then correcting for how many of those are android users, then correcting for how many of those are the plan owners, it would be considerably more.

        …until you correct for the lawyers fee, then it goes back to $22.47

        • @SpoopyKing@lemmy.sdf.org
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          According to the case website, it looks like it’s only people who own a device made by Google that runs their voice assistant. So, Samsung Android users are not included, but anyone with a Google Home device or a Chromecast is included

        • @JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          I probably should have clarified that the 14m number was the estimated number of Californian residents that have Android phones as per the article, but my comment was moreso me overanalysing a joke.

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            Ah, my mistake

        • @skeptomatic@lemmy.ca
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          Lawyers own the best middleman injection strategy in history.

      • @Raiderkev@lemmy.world
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        Eh, half of them are probably iPhone users. I’m boutta be a $40aire baby!

        • Atelopus-zeteki
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          Go BIG! Or go home.

  • @Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    Google: “Meh. Cost of doing business. We’re certainly not going to stop or anything…”

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    36•2 days ago

    Must be nice to be one of those lawyers

  • @neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Each?

  • @ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world
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    12•2 days ago

    california android. was that before or after ice cream sandwich?

    • @topherclay@lemmy.world
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      3•2 days ago

      Those food based subversion names are all alphabetical. I guess back then they didn’t have enough avocados in the code to call it “California style” so they went with “Cupcake.”

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    EACH!?

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    2•2 days ago

    In the Netherlands there is also a class-action lawsuit coming up, guess there is roughly the same amount of android users here. Maybe a bit more. Will be interesting to see how much lower that amount will be.

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